[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A former commander of the Taliban...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
group who has joined grinding of the peace processor in eastern Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
province has admitted that the group’s leaders are based in the neighboring Pakistain.
The provincial government in a statement said a group of Taliban Lions of Islam joined grinding of the peace processor due to the efforts of the Afghan intelligence operatives and have vowed that they will not conduct anti-government activities anymore.
The leader of the group Abdul Wahab who has surrendered to the government with his four fighters has said they were conducting insurgency in Khogyani, Shirzad, Hesarak, Chaparhar and some other districts of Nangarhar since last eight years.
Wahab claimed that the group’s top leaders are based in Pakistain and they were receiving instructions from them to conduct insurgency activities.
Another member of the group Wahidullah who joined grinding of the peace processor has said he joined the Taliban ranks six years ago and during the period they were receiving instructions from the Pakistain-based leaders of the group to conduct insurgency.
Accoridng ot Wahidullah, they were mainly instructed to target the schools, bridges, culverts and other public welfare compounds.
The Taliban Lions of Islam group has not commented regarding the surrender of the group’s fighters in this province so far.